Life @ GIMS

Your journey begins from where your analysis ends...

The PIP AatmVishelshan, Self- Analysis: Know Your Psyche and Personality Style", organized on April 6, 2022 at GNIOT Institute of Management Studies(GIMS), Greater Noida, intrigued the participants to look for the way forward in personality enhancement for their career building.

Aatmvishleshan provided the participants, an insight of their personality type using the Big Five Inventory and triggered the need to work on their grey areas and strategize to be a refined resource for the industry. This PIP would prove very fruitful in understanding their personality type as per their job roles in the companies they’ll serve.

“i-analytika” the Information Technology and Business Analytic club of GNIOT Institute of Management Studies (GIMS), Greater Noida, successfully completed its SECOND COLLAGE MAKING COMPETITION on 30th March, 2022.

The theme of this competition was "USES OF LATEST INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY". The objective of this competition was to enhance our students’ technical knowledge, encourage them to study the latest technological changes and come up with unique ideas.

The students were divided into different groups and they came up with unique ideas be it evolution of education system, sustainable development, business model of textile, wind energy or cloud computing and IoT. Panel of jury was identified who gave the scores to each group on various parameters related to individual as well as teamwork basis which the winner teams were decided.

Group 4 which beautifully captured the complete functionality of Arogya Setu in their collage was declared as the winner.

We would like to thank our management, Director – Dr. Arun Kumar Singh for their encouragement and the Event Coordinator – Prof. Pradeep Verma (Area Chair – IT & BA) for organizing the event successfully.

Here are the glimpse of the event…..

Differentiate yourself, stand out from the crowd and grab the attention to make yourself the talk of the town…

The Learning, Engagement and Career Enhancement session by Dr. Shikha Bhardwaj, IIM, Sambalpur and Member- Research Advisory Council, GIMS Greater Noida left the GIMSians enthralled and motivated to build their own brand and "Stand-out from the Rest". The session conducted on March 28, 2022 in association with Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) focussed primarily on the following:

• Making the maximum of social media in building Self-brand

• Being authentic and being original

• Building teams to build research.

• Focussing on the research areas relevant to one’s profile

• And investing in Self, be it upskilling or research ; “Value your brand to be valued by Others”.

GIMS, Greater Noida thanks Dr. Shikha Bhardwaj for sharing the valuable insights for its Millennial and Intellectual Capital.

Nutan, The Entrepreneurship & Innovation Club of GIMS in association with Institute's Innovation Council had launched NAVAACHAAR - An inter- college competition on Rising Talents to showcase their innovative ideas. The main objective of the competition was to encourage students and sow the seeds of entrepreneurship amongst students.

The competition was launched on 25th January’22 and open to all students of the various colleges at PAN India level. Around 105 entries were received from different states of India which were pre-screened and the best 10 ideas were shortlisted for the final presentation. The students presented their ideas along with the marketing strategy, financial viability and market opportunity. The Finale of Navaachar was held on virtual platform on 26th March’22.

The first place – prize money of Rs 5000 was bagged by Yash Shaw & Team from Symbiosis Skills and Professional University for their business idea on Stress Shut-An APP which will identify the stress levels of an individual and will book doctors appointment. The second prize – a sum of Rs.2500/- was bagged by Gopal Krishna & Team, students of GNIOT Institute of Management Studies for their idea on Pristha App which dealt in waste Management.

The event would not have been a success without the guidance and mentorship of Dr Arun Kumar Singh, Director (GIMS) . He has always been a driving force for the students impelling them to experiment and excel in all the spheres of life.

“Six Sigma has saved organizations billions of dollars in cost, improved quality, reduced waste, improved consistency and improved customer satisfaction."

Agile, The Logistics and SCM Club, GIMS in association with Ministry of Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) had organized Four Days ' Skill Augmentation Certification' on Yellow Belt Six Sigma from 14th March to 17th March'22 for PGDM final year students.

Six Sigma is a process improvement approach. The focus of Six Sigma is to improve processes to save money for organizations. For this reason, more and more companies use this approach. Learning and mastering this approach gave a definite employment advantage to our millennial managers.

GIMS. Gr. Noida organized a 3 days Skill Augmentation Certification (14th-16th.Mar.2022) on 'Digital Marketing' for its PGDM I Year students (Batch 2021-23). The certification was organized in association with the Professional Institute of Marketing & Strategy (PIMS, Noida). In this certification program the students learned about various facets of digital marketing and gained hands-on experience in several domains like SEO, SEM, SMM, Google Analytics, Web design, Affiliate marketing etc. This activity helped the students to develop better insights about the digital marketing space

"The best kinds of people are those who put you in a deep thought and make you wonder about your next steps."

GNIOT Institute of Management Studies, GIMS celebrated International Women's Day in the presence of Ms. Vaishavi Sinha Bhasin, Managing Director- Shoonya Farms. The day was marked with a seminar on ' Women Entrepreneurs: Making a change from Employment to Small and Medium Business Ownership'. Ms Vaishavi shared her transformational journey from being a National level athlete to Managing Director of Shoonya Farms. She aligned her life challenges as a woman entrepreneur with woman’s role in the Indian society. She stood out to be a role model for many students.

The day was also marked with splendid performances by PGDM Ist year students to celebrate the progress made towards achieving gender equality and women's empowerment. The event recognized the extraordinary acts of women

"What gets measured..Gets Managed"

Under the banner of Performance Improvement Program (PIP), a workshop on ' Data Driven HR: How to use Analytics and Metrics to drive performance' was conducted for PGDM Ist year students with HR Specialization on 26th February'22.

Key Takeaways of the session were:

*Understanding of the process of creating and using HR analytics

*Support and design HR metrics and HR strategy Maps for strategic outcomes.

*Use metrics and quantify key outcomes in recruitment, L&D, Compensation and performance management.

The workshop intended to develop skill set that would empower future leaders to take better Decisions and become Agile HR Managers.

The Resource person for the workshop was Dr. Ruchi Rayat , Dean ( OSW) & Area Chair- OB & Human Resource Management

Having a day denoted in the year as ' National Management Day' is to acknowledge the importance of management profession in all the spheres of human endeavour.

Nutan, The Innovation & Entreprenurship Club, GIMS in association with Institute's Innovation Council,IIC had organized Management Quiz on the theme- New Age Startups & Entreprenurship. The event began with opening remarks by Prof.Mayank Mumar Pandey, Head PGP where he enlightened students about the origination and importance of National Management Day. He also emphasized on ' What is expected from a manager'.

In the competition, 15 teams had participated enthusiastically. The winners had been awarded with certificates of appreciation by the faculty members.

On this special day, Dr. Ruchi Rayat, Dean-OSW introduced 'New Age Startups & Entrepreneurship' as a new specialization to be offered in the PGDM program from the academic year 2022-23. Finally she expressed thanks to Prof Mudit Tomar & Prof. Gouri Shankar Sharma for organizing a wonderful event

To sensitise students about the recent trends and models in Indian Finserv industry, GIMS, Greater Noida organized a Performance Improvement Program (PIP) for it PGDM II Year students.
Students learned about business models, revenue models and fintech ecosystem in India.